Alternate skinnies, good info inside!
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IMO, skinnies are the most dangerous thing you can put on a drag car, period. It is just not worth the small ET gain for me.
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I like the idea of a wider skinny up front of equal weight to the more narrow stuff thats available, but you really need to run a wider wheel. These fit...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...t-perfect.html
And your General Altimax RT's are on sale at tirerack for $66/ea.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...t-perfect.html
And your General Altimax RT's are on sale at tirerack for $66/ea.
I don't like the fact that they look flat when they are on personally.
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I think this thread is a little misleading. In my opinion, I didnt switch to skinnies because it was the "cool" thing to do, I did it because it is a good setup for the car. That being said, I purchase my skinny tires that are the proper tire for the job, and fully accept that it might be a couple extra dollars more because of that.
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I think this thread is a little misleading. In my opinion, I didnt switch to skinnies because it was the "cool" thing to do, I did it because it is a good setup for the car. That being said, I purchase my skinny tires that are the proper tire for the job, and fully accept that it might be a couple extra dollars more because of that.
As for skinnies being the "cool" thing to do and whatever else you're rambling about, I don't know where you're going with that or what made you think this thread was about trying to be cool, but you definitely missed the point if that's what you think this is about.
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I don't really see how it's misleading? Sure, some have a different opinion on whether it's okay to mount a 205 tire on a 3.5-4" wheel ..but I never said this is the best way, just an alternate way that in my opinion, and others, is a good alternate to VW tires and expensive tires(which have mixed reviews). There are people on here that have blown, had knots in, and only got 500 miles out of the expensive skinnies that were built for this ..so who's to say they are any better? There really isn't a clear winner here, so might as well let everyone know all of their options.
As for skinnies being the "cool" thing to do and whatever else you're rambling about, I don't know where you're going with that or what made you think this thread was about trying to be cool, but you definitely missed the point if that's what you think this is about.![Icon Confused](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/icon_confused.gif)
As for skinnies being the "cool" thing to do and whatever else you're rambling about, I don't know where you're going with that or what made you think this thread was about trying to be cool, but you definitely missed the point if that's what you think this is about.
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Before I had the MT skinny which wore pre-maturely, but was most likely attributed to a misalignment of my front end. But I also learned that I didn't like so much the size of the 26" skinny, so now I am running a 25x4.5-15 to give it JUST a little bit more stance. I have a feeling when the car gets faster, however, that I will need to go back to probably a 26x6.0 tire for the high speed stability.
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M/t sr tires are about the best option for a drivable skinny I have seen. Couple guys I know run a 17 inch skinny and run a motorcycle tire on them, can't remember what one but I know it was the heaviest duty one they could find... Last about 10k and they're worn out but no blowouts at all... May be worth looking into